Life processes in the biosphere

• Species


  Organisms that can breed to produce fertile offspring
• Habitat


  The area or location where a species or community lives
• Niche


  The role an organism plays in its habitat, how it interacts with other species.
• Population


  The number of single species that live in a particular area at a particular time.
• Community


  The population of all the species of plants and animals living in a particular area.
• Ecosystem


  The combination of abiotic and biotic features in an area.
• Biome


  Large geographical regions with particular climatic features in which a characteristic, unique community of species live.
• Succession


  The gradual change in the structure and composition of a species of a community in an area of land over time as the abiotic factors become modified by previous communities of organsims.
• Carrying capacity


  maximum population a habitat can support sustainably